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Article | 28/01/2008 Microsoft picks up Vista SP1 pace

For the second time in two weeks, Microsoft has released a new build of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) to its invitation-only group of approximate...

Article | 29/01/2008 'Missing' iPhones not really missing, says analyst

Calculations that claim Apple Inc. is "missing" 1.4 million iPhones may be missing the point, according to an analyst, who said Monday that talk of un...

Article | 29/01/2008 False start for Qtrax's 'free' music service

Music fans could be given the chance to legally download songs for free via a new service called Qtrax, an online file-sharing tool that promises unli...

Article | 29/01/2008 ACMA report finds SMEs have keen interest in VoIP

Research released today by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) estimates 92 per cent of small to medium enterprises (SMEs) and 74...

Article | 29/01/2008 BitGravity debuts live video delivery network at DEMO

BitGravity may not be the most well-known content delivery network vendor, but CEO Perry Wu is hoping that its new live video delivery network will ma...

Article | 28/01/2008 Spammers cloak scams by redirecting through Google services

Spammers are using thousands of Google accounts to camouflage their scams from anti-spam filters, a security researcher said Friday. He dubbed the pra...

Article | 24/01/2008 A Closer Look: Beta Vista Service Pack 1

With dissatisfaction over the Vista operating system persistent, can Microsoft right the OS's wrongs with its upcoming Vista service pack?

Article | 25/01/2008 NTT DoCoMo in talks on Android-based mobile phone

Japan's biggest mobile telecom carrier gave its strongest support yet to Google's Android platform on Thursday when it said it is considering a mobile...

Article | 24/01/2008 Piracy bust bigger than Ben Hur

Victorian Police along with Australian Federal Police and investigators from the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) raided several ...

Article | 24/01/2008 VoIP services coming to a shopping centre near you

Australian telco gotalk has partnered with Hi Speed Internet Kiosks to provide VoIP services in major shopping centres around Australia.

Article | 18/01/2008 Time Warner to try tiered cable pricing

Time Warner Cable will try selling consumers broadband service based on how much bandwidth they use, a move that could turn the home broadband pricing...

Article | 18/01/2008 RIAA Web site graffitied with piracy tags

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) became one of the largest proponents of peer-to-peer file sharing and anti-copyright when hackers...

Article | 22/01/2008 Telstra kicks off Next G face-lift

Telstra has launched the first of its Next G face-lifts required by the government since it blocked the CDMA switch off last Friday.

Article | 24/01/2008 Siemens claims 802.11n power problem cracked

Siemens is launching a wireless LAN system that it claims can run full 802.11n on normal power over Ethernet, but refuses to divulge how it has manage...

Article | 23/01/2008 UPDATE - Apple music monopoly lawsuit seeks class-action status

A class-action suit filed against Apple alleges the company unfairly uses technological restrictions with its iPod line and iTunes Music Store to beat...

Article | 23/01/2008 Australia gamers miss out 'free game' download

A free online version of the PC game Battlefield Heroes is to be released by Electronic Arts (EA). Supported by adverts and micro payments, the game w...

Article | 23/01/2008 Microsoft stresses backward compatibility for IE8

Microsoft hopes to balance backward compatibility with Web standards in Internet Explorer (IE) 8 by enabling a new, optional "super standards" mode in...

Article | 23/01/2008 Worm fears shut down Skype video feature

Skype has been forced to turn off a video-sharing feature in its software because it could be misused to launch a self-copying worm attack against Sky...

Article | 21/01/2008 LSS battle to continues: Telstra appeals ACCC ruling

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has handed down a final determination in relation to Telstra's pricing of its Line Sharing S...

Article | 22/01/2008 Seagate boosts Momentus laptop drive capacity to 250GB

Seagate Technology today is set to unveil an updated Momentus laptop disk drive that boosts capacity from 160GB to 250GB.